I was first introduced to dairy goats in 1950 at the age of 2 on my uncles farm in Grants Pass, OR. He had the first commercial dairy goat farm in the county and supplied milk to the local creamery.
In 1980 my wife and I moved from S. Cal. to an 8 acre homesite in Gold Hill, OR. Due to the brush and fire hazard we acquired a few goats. An
I was first introduced to dairy goats in 1950 at the age of 2 on my uncles farm in Grants Pass, OR. He had the first commercial dairy goat farm in the county and supplied milk to the local creamery.
In 1980 my wife and I moved from S. Cal. to an 8 acre homesite in Gold Hill, OR. Due to the brush and fire hazard we acquired a few goats. An Alpine, a Saanen and a Nubian. I immediately began milking and breeding and making cheese and yogurt. In 1989 we gave up country life to follow our medical careers. We retired in 2015 to our forever home in N. Idaho and I immediately acquired my first goat, a Nubian. In short order we had a small herd but we decided to downsize to Nigerian Dwarf for the easier care, popularity and higher milk quality since quantity was no longer and issue. My wife and I are both retired RN's. I was a neonatal nurse, she was a surgical nurse. The cover photo is of Miracle. She was born Jan. 19, 2022 at 1.3 lb. She was a difficult save but is now 40+lbs. Her sister and brother were both 3.5 lbs. We keep a clean, tested herd. Parents are ADGA Registered and kids are tattooed and Registerable.
We try to breed for quality animals but we do not show. We want healthy, easy to care for goats that produce excellent milk quality. We also enjoy the smaller pet quality of the Nigerian Dwarf.
We keep LGD's to protect our small herd. We currently have a Great Pyrenees, an Anatolian (pictured) and a Newfoundland/Great Pyrenees. They are exceptional protectors. I highly recommend anyone wanting goats to consider at least one LGD (Livestock Guardian Dog). We have lots of coyotes, occasional cougar and black bear and eagles, hawks and owls.
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Nigerian Dwarfs come into heat ~every 21 days. We put a breeding harness on our bucks to mark a doe when she is bred. We then calculate 145 days. At 30 days post breeding we draw blood for our annual health testing and include a pregnancy test to confirm. Four weeks prior to delivery we administer CDT vaccine.
Primarily Timothy hay along with alfalfa pellets and grain once a day. Loose minerals are provided. 60 days prior to delivery we switch the does to alfalfa hay, if available, and keep them on it during milking. Kids are started on medicated grower feed to help them develop resistance to coccidia.
We watch closely for signs of parasites and routinely obtain fecal samples and send to a lab for analysis. We only treat what we know. Routine treatment for parasites leads to parasite resistance and the number of effective medications is now greatly reduced due to overuse.
Our babies are adopted quickly, so reach out to reserve your furever friend or to ask any questions.
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